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THE GREASY STRANGLER USA — Dir: Jim Hosking The feature debut of absurdist advertising genius / acclaimed short filmmaker Jim Hosking is the grossest father - son comedy you'll ever see and the weirdest serial killer film on the planet, propelled by an in - your - face drive to baffle, nauseate, and antagonize with its bizarre brand of humor.

Not exact matches

Killer Content said on Monday that a bankruptcy may be the best way forward for the U.S. film and TV studio.

Actor Ben Stiller and his crew are still on site upstate, preparing to film scenes for his upcoming Showtime series, «Escape at Dannemora,» based on the true story of convicted killers David Sweat and Richard Matt escaping from Clinton Correctional Facility in 2015.

Killer Joe: «It's easy to turn your nose up at sex and violence on screen» - Toronto film festival video

The Exorcist and French Connection film - maker on violent urges, working with Harold Pinter and his new movie Killer Joe

When jobs became scarce in films for highly specialized character actors in the 1950s, Pangborn thrived on television, guesting on a number of comedy shows, including an appearance as a giggling serial - killer in a «Red Skelton Show» comedy sketch.

Whether you like KILLER JOE or not really depends on your tolerance for what's essentially a filmed play.

But when Mr. Brooks's dark side begins to outshine his sane exterior, an amateur photographer (Dane Cook) captures the killer succumbing to his murderous instinct on film.

The director's detractors have tended to concentrate on the controversial content of his films (American presidents and serial killers, among other subjects), dissecting and occasionally discounting his work because of the ways in which it deviated from its historical inspiration.

Singer's first directing gig since Valkyrie in 2008 is a 3D, CGI - heavy take on the classic fairy tales «Jack and the Beanstalk» and «Jack the Giant Killer,» the latter giving the film its original title.

Though it's loose in narrative, the general plot of the film focuses on six female spirits (played by Colette Kenny McKenna, Krystle Fitch, Anastasia Blue, Tanya Paoli, Kara A. Christiansen and Makaria Tsapatoris), all recently murdered by the same serial killer (Bryant W. Lohr Sr.), seemingly stuck on the threshold of reality and the afterlife, confined to the labyrinth passageways of a sort of purgatory-esque edifice.

ThreeZero teased the new 1/6 scale Myers figure earlier today on their Facebook page, revealing a tight first look in a killer recreation of the 1995 film's original theatrical poster.

-- I Need A Killer Track: The Music — Explore how the film's phenomenal soundtrack dictated both the writing process and all aspects of production on Baby Driver.

So says professional killer Jackie Cogan at one point in Killing Them Softly, the third film by New Zealander Andrew Dominik - and considering the filmmaker's efforts to establish a connection between the events in the movie and the economic crisis started in the late 2000s thanks to the greed and lack of scruples of Wall Street, it is easy to see Cogan as an ordinary employee of any company complaining about the lack of vision of his bosses and, on the other hand, the big bankers as Armani - dressing versions of the violent mobsters who inhabit the crime section of the newspapers.

Following the exploits of the Paris police department's «child protection unit,» Polisse (which screened early on) helped to establish this year's Croisette - spanning theme of children in peril, which could be found to varying extents in fellow Competition entries Michael (kidnapping and pedophilia), Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin (teenage sociopathy), Aki Kaurismäki's universally admired Le Havre (illegal immigration), and the Dardenne Brothers» Grand Jury Prize co-winner The Kid with a Bike (child abandonment); in the Directors» Fortnight entry Play (bullying); and in just about every film at the 50th - anniversary edition of the Critics» Week, from French actress - director Valérie Donzelli's opening - night Declaration of War (pediatric cancer) to Israeli actress - director Hagar Ben Asher's The Slut (pedophilia again), the fact - based 17 Girls (teen pregnancy), and the profoundly disturbing Snowtown, which recalled Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer in its verité sketch of Australian serial killer John Bunting, who lured local youths into aiding and abetting his violent crimes throughout the NinKiller in its verité sketch of Australian serial killer John Bunting, who lured local youths into aiding and abetting his violent crimes throughout the Ninkiller John Bunting, who lured local youths into aiding and abetting his violent crimes throughout the Nineties.

On the other hand, the film is basically on the killer's side throughout — for any similarly - victimized teenager, the grisly deaths of the assembled bullies and predators must be a devoutly - wished consummation — and shows viewers how it feels for outsiders to face the straight world on an everyday basiOn the other hand, the film is basically on the killer's side throughout — for any similarly - victimized teenager, the grisly deaths of the assembled bullies and predators must be a devoutly - wished consummation — and shows viewers how it feels for outsiders to face the straight world on an everyday basion the killer's side throughout — for any similarly - victimized teenager, the grisly deaths of the assembled bullies and predators must be a devoutly - wished consummation — and shows viewers how it feels for outsiders to face the straight world on an everyday basion an everyday basis.

The film is not easy on her, sort of blames her for everything, which might be a boner - killer.

During B - D reporter Chris Eggertsen's recent discussion with director Brad Anderson about his latest film Vanishing on 7th Street (currently playing on VOD before it begins a limited theatrical run February 18th), the Session 9 helmer talked about the next project he'd like to get off the ground, serial killer flick Jack.

For the past 7 years, she led media engagement and social impact initiatives supporting documentary film and is now bringing her expertise to narrative projects as Advisor on Impact & Social Innovation for Killer Content and their new creative studio venture Level Forward in partnership with filmmaker and philanthropist Abigail Disney.

Kill Bill is a feast of gore, swords, eclectic but on point music (the soundtrack for the film is superb), and a very angry mom in search for her baby's killer.

Unfolding like Roman Polanski's take on «The King of Marvin Gardens» while simultaneously serving as a suitable spiritual sequel to the director's debut, «Afterschool,» in which the male desire to connect meaningfully with others is frayed and warped by life experience, «Simon Killer» is Antonio Campos» latest chilly, chilling character study, with Corbet effectively replacing Ezra Miller, who led the previous film, as a neuroscience major who studied how the eyes and the brain relate, but has a seriously loose wire between his own brain and his heart.

On July 26th Blue Underground will be releasing a 3 - disc collection of films on Blu - ray entitled the Killer Thrillers CollectioOn July 26th Blue Underground will be releasing a 3 - disc collection of films on Blu - ray entitled the Killer Thrillers Collectioon Blu - ray entitled the Killer Thrillers Collection.

The twist - filled storyline, which digs up nasty secrets all over the show and offers a satisfying range of suspicious suspects and a truly disgusting killer, remains gripping, and the excellent, understated lead performances don't harp on the racial angle in that embarassing fashion which makes so many Socialy Significant films instantly dated.

However, Stathams's Killer Elite is completely unrelated to the earlier film and is actually an adaptation based loosely on the events detailed in Sir Ranulph Fiennes» novel, The Feather Men.

My Friend Dahmer (Marc Meyers): Ross Lynch gives a haunted, sad, scary, and unforgettable performance as young (future serial killer) Jeffrey Dahmer in this electrifying film based on the graphic novel by Derf Backderf.

But the cast (which includes Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost and Bill Nighy, who proves himself once again the funniest deadpan on Earth) is good company, the film has a killer soundtrack (the British title of the film is «The Boat that Rocked,» and it does) and you get to hear Kenneth Branagh (as the ultimate petty bureaucrat determined not to let anyone have any fun) say «Twatt» and «Clitt» (the unfortunate names of his immediate subordinates) repeatedly.

Occasionally, it veers into fantasy, with hand - drawn illustrations on top of the film stock when the narrative slides toward musical numbers, often comical covers of songs like the Talking Heads» «Psycho Killer» and Iggy Pop's «The Passenger» staged on public transit.

Morgan Freeman doesn't return (fans of the first film know why), but everyone else is back on board: Bruce Willis as retired CIA agent Frank Moses, trying to settle into a life of domesticity; Mary - Louise Parker as his girlfriend Sarah, who wants more danger in her life; John Malkovich as Marvin, whose rampant paranoia is proven to be justified as often as not; Helen Mirren as Victoria, the cucumber - cool killer who treats her profession like a hobby; and Brian Cox as Ivan, Victoria's Russian roll in the hay.

His new film is based on a thriller, involving an intelligence agent (Ewan McGregor) who shadows a female serial killer (Ashley Judd).

Rating: 5/10 — a man (Lowery) drives across country after the death of his brother and gives a lift to a woman (Lane) who tricks him into being the getaway driver in a bank robbery, a situation that sees him on the run from the police but determined to prove his innocence; a gritty, hard - boiled film noir, They Made Me a Killer adds enough incident to its basic plot to keep viewers entertained from start to finish without really adding anything new or overly impressive to the mix, but it does have a brash performance from Lowery, and Thomas's direction ensures it's another solid effort from Paramount's B - movie unit, Pine - Thomas.

At times, Brooks seems to be over-sympathizing and romanticizing these two killers, but based on this film as well as the equally phenomenal «Capote», it seems like the Perry Smith character (in this case played by Robert Blake) had a heart and was truly sorry for his heinous act of violence.

Directed by Steve Chiodo (Critters), the film centers around creepy (and occasionally hysterical) alien Killer Klowns who are bent on dominating the planet..

«Toxie,» as he's called by punk bands and pop film critics everywhere, has become so famous since his introduction in 1984 that you can now buy Toxic Avenger action figures, games, Topps trading cards, and even designer jewelry — all this in tribute to a head - crushing killer whose face looks like it's been bashed in with a bag of nickels, impaled with a turkey fork and barbecued on a George Foreman grill.

The combination of it being his directorial debut, his performance (which was a killer and, as you noted, filmed VERY quickly), the unpredictability and the strength of the supporting cast, not to mention the fact it has an interesting commentary on the nature of perception of who has a «perfect life» all added to a wonderful experience for me.

Hearing him on the commentary track bundled with his latest film, Killer Joe, he comes across like a boozy,...

The film is based on the crimes of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas and was the first independent film acquired for distribution by Roger Corman.

That's why the 1974 vigilante film Death Wish, starring Bronson as widower who seeks vengeance on his wife's killers, is the perfect choice...

And with a mysterious knife - wielding killer on the loose, the film develops into a nightmarish tale of Gothic horror.

But while centering a film on the bad guys may sound like a cool idea, it's massively hampered by the fact that the Suicide Squad team is mostly comprised of D - list characters (like Killer Frost and Captain Boomerang) so obscure that they're every bit as expendable as Waller claims them to be.

Pretty quickly, the film turns into a horror show, with the airborne, microscopic spores from a plant on the planet serving as the way those killer aliens end up in their human hosts (Scott offers a microscope - level shot of the infection entering a crewmember's body through his ear canal, which is simultaneously frightening and deviously amusing).

Born out of an innovative public - private partnership between Stony Brook Graduate Arts and Killer Films, our MFA in Film turns the traditional film school on its head with a project - driven and arts incubator approach.

Though a PG - 13 slasher film is like the equivalent of sex with clothes on, «Happy Death Day» gets around that hurdle by being less of a straight - up slasher and more of a darkly comedic murder - mystery that just so happens to involve a temporal loop and a knife - wielding masked killer.

She came of age in New York indie film, interning first at Killer Films with Christine Vachon, and going on to screen her work at festivals such as New Directors / New Films MoMA / Lincoln Center.

But then, Lionsgate unleashed what I first thought was a coincidence of bus - stop - ad overlap: The superimposition of those masked killers on posters for the studio's other films.

«The film follows Detectives Sean and David Carter are on the case to find a gruesome serial killer terrorizing the city.

Even by Ben Wheatley's genre - busting standards, this film is a triumph, centring on comedy and romance in a road movie about two violent serial killers.

THE BLU - RAY DISC Killer Klowns from Outer Space arrives on Blu - ray via a Fox - distributed MGM platter in an auto - starting 1.85:1, 1080p presentation that betrays in its softness and dinginess the film's low - budget origins.

The spirit of a vicious child serial killer resurfaces in the nightmares of teens in modern - day and is responsible for their subsequent and shocking deaths in this tense, spooky thriller from who else, but Wes Craven (I'm actually not that familiar at all with his style, but since this is a horror film for the ages I figured I'd best get ahead and jump on the bandwagon as quick as possible to make up for lost time).

It's got a decent director on - board (I really liked Act of Valor), a great cast (including Michael Keaton who I didn't even know was in the film until I saw the TV spot during the Super Bowl) and, of course, killer stunts (which look phenomenal because they were largely shot for real).

As the title card for the film suggests, «it is based on true events» and is an amalgamation of the murderous exploits of convicted killers, Bradley John Murdoch and Ivan Milat — the latter who was nicknamed «the backpack killer» after killing seven travelers along Belanglo State Forest between Sydney and Canberra.